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MAX Administration Guide
Administering TCP/IP
Enabling Finger support
Rip Preference=100
Rip Queue Depth=50
3
Close the Ethernet profile.
MD5 cryptographic authentication
Support for OSPF on MAX 6000 and MAX 3000 units includes the MD5 cryptographic
authentication method. Verify the settings specified to support the MD5 authentication type.
The MAX can validate OSPF packet exchanges using MD5 encryption and an authentication
key of as many as 16 characters. The authentication key value in the KeyID field is a number
from 0 to 255. The authentication key in a MD5 Key field can have as many as 16 characters.
Table 7-12 summarizes the MD5 cryptographic parameters.
Enabling Finger support
Configure the MAX to respond to Finger requests, as specified in RFC 1288, The Finger User
Information Protocol.
To enable the MAX to respond to Finger requests:
1
Open the Ethernet > Mod Config.
2
Set Finger to
Yes
.
3
Exit and save the changes.
Table 7-12. MD5 Cryptographic parameters
Parameter
Description
MD5 Key
Specifies an authentication key (a password) used to allow OSPF
routing. MD5 Key is a number from 0 to 255 inserted into the
OSPF packet header. OSPF routers use MD5 Key to allow or
exclude packets from an area. The default value is
0
. The key can
contain as many as 16 characters.
KeyID
Specifies an authentication key (a password) used to allow OSPF
routing. KeyID is a number from 0 to 255 inserted into the OSPF
packet header. OSPF routers use KeyId to allow or exclude packets
from an area. The default value is
0
.
AuthType
Specifies the type of authentication in use for validating OSPF
packet exchanges:
Simple
(the default) or
None
. Simple authen-
tication is designed to prevent configuration errors from affecting
the OSPF routing database. It is not designed for firewall protec-
tion.